I started framing a new home this week. I'm not new to this trade, but I have missed the field experience needed for framing the porches. I understand supporting the front porch header, my question is how do the side headers (beams) attach to the house framing? My corner studs for the house...
I finished a home in August and I'm planning another here shortly. I am the carpenter on the house and feel very comfortable from the sill plates up. My question, I built the home with a crawlspace using a concrete subsurface chain wall foundation. Why was I required to muck out the entire...